How We Control Colour Consistency Across Production Batches
Colour drift is the most expensive defect in this industry. Here is the process we use to keep batch-to-batch variation inside a workable tolerance.
Colour drift does not usually fail an inspection, but it makes a reorder unsellable next to the first shipment. Our process is built around retaining evidence.
Retained samples
Every approved order keeps a sealed sample of fabric and finished flower, labelled with the dyeing batch. New batches are matched against it under standard light.
Standard light matching
Matching under office lighting hides differences that appear in daylight or under retail spotlights, so approval happens under a fixed D65 light booth.
Dye lot management
Fabric from one dye lot is reserved for one order where volume allows. When a lot must be split, the customer is told before production rather than after.
What tolerance means in practice
We work to a Delta-E tolerance agreed with the customer, and share comparison photos of the retained sample against each new batch.
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